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Old 03-23-2024, 04:34 PM
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Joe Teakell

If Don Bose is a mainstay of the IPMC, a long term exhibitor and ambassador to all visitors, the man who’s table was next to his represents the opposite. Though he displayed his works this year, Joe Teakell told me that this was his very first IPMC!

I met Joe early on Friday morning. He had come in all the way from Rock Round, Texas, bringing a small box of displayable exhibits that he had handcrafted with care and diligence. Joe was very nervous that morning, so I tried to support him. He didn’t know much about the convention and couldn’t find anyone to ask questions about what he should do. I am not part of the IPMC committee or organization, so I did not know much to tell him, but I shared some minutes with him, showing him the rooms and describing the process as I had seen it over the years. I told him that the IPMC director, Peter, usually would arrive Friday afternoon and spent some time with him, learning about his enthusiasm.

Joe’s pleasant wife explained that he’d not been here before and had expected to be able to meet with someone in the organization. She shared that she was amazed at the effort people went to, to build these small kits, and how she found the effort to get together once a year rather surprising.

Joe explained that he’d been chatting on-line with members of the IPMC and that he’d been sharing his work, which he nervously hoped would be adequate. I saw his efforts the next day, at the exhibition opening. It was certainly adequate!
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